Hello
I had a root canal done on bottom tooth, far left, about 18 months ago.
It was successful, I've had no problems with tooth, but for various reasons I left it open
(uncrowned) until 3 weeks ago.
I have some questions about the treatment I received prior to this tooth being ready to
take a fresh imprint for the new crown.
First of all, a lot of material was removed from the inside of the tooth, it was almost hollowed out.
So much so that it had to be replaced with the hardening resin. Tooth "basically rebuilt" (his words)
When I was asked about why this was done, the answer was not satisfactory (convincing) to me,
blaming the other doctor from 18 months ago who did the root canal (who has been in business
for years) - In fact, now, I'm considering calling the root canal doctor to get his thoughts on the matter.
Secondly, some kind of string was pushed down into the gum all the way around .
He sure pushed it in deep. When I asked about it, he said it had something to do with the
bleeding. This explanation, again, left me slightly uneasy. I'm not even sure if this string was removed.
Thirdly, about two weeks later, the final crown was installed everything OK.
They wanted to, and did, take one more x-ray of the tooth at this point. I asked about it,
I said "Is there something else wrong there" - the assistant just mumbled something about they wanted to make sure
the glue was cleaned up properly. I've never heard this, I've had crowns before, never an x-ray at the end.
Something about this whole thing is worrying me. Any thoughts or reassurance?
Thanks
I had a root canal done on bottom tooth, far left, about 18 months ago.
It was successful, I've had no problems with tooth, but for various reasons I left it open
(uncrowned) until 3 weeks ago.
I have some questions about the treatment I received prior to this tooth being ready to
take a fresh imprint for the new crown.
First of all, a lot of material was removed from the inside of the tooth, it was almost hollowed out.
So much so that it had to be replaced with the hardening resin. Tooth "basically rebuilt" (his words)
When I was asked about why this was done, the answer was not satisfactory (convincing) to me,
blaming the other doctor from 18 months ago who did the root canal (who has been in business
for years) - In fact, now, I'm considering calling the root canal doctor to get his thoughts on the matter.
Secondly, some kind of string was pushed down into the gum all the way around .
He sure pushed it in deep. When I asked about it, he said it had something to do with the
bleeding. This explanation, again, left me slightly uneasy. I'm not even sure if this string was removed.
Thirdly, about two weeks later, the final crown was installed everything OK.
They wanted to, and did, take one more x-ray of the tooth at this point. I asked about it,
I said "Is there something else wrong there" - the assistant just mumbled something about they wanted to make sure
the glue was cleaned up properly. I've never heard this, I've had crowns before, never an x-ray at the end.
Something about this whole thing is worrying me. Any thoughts or reassurance?
Thanks